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pragmatist

Politicians are pragmatists by necessity, and a successful politician must subordinate coherent philosophy and ‘the vision thing’ to the exigencies of retaining power.

And it may well be that a Court that contains a mix of theoreticians and pragmatists will do better than one that's filled entirely with theoretically or ideologically minded judges.

These masters of persuasion, the Hollywood financiers and producers, know what they do has tremendous potential power, and yet they claim to be just pragmatists who want to make good films that make money.